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12022-06-27T22:25:10-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Sary Sinap apple11Botanical lithograph of a variety that likely originated in the southern coast of the Black Sea (at Sinop) and thrived in Crimea. With the Saint Germaine pear the "alpha and omega" of Crimean orchardry. The Sary Sinop is considered a first-class market fruit, appealing for eating and cooking. Candied fruit factories use it exclusively. Yield is high, which explains why it plays a crucial role in the Crimean economy despite fetching 1 ruble 50 kopeks per pood (half the price of many reinette varieties). This is the calling-card apple of Karasubazar.plain2022-07-12T14:43:17-04:001700 - 1906Atlas plodov (1906) vyp.1, no.11Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12022-06-27T22:06:24-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Golden Winter Pearmain apple5An English pear identified in 1800. At an 1894 international exposition there were 33 Golden Winter Pearmain entries, including from the western provinces, the Baltics, Crimea, Kherson, Yekaterinoslav, Poltava, Tersk and Kuban. The fruit ripens in October. This is a case of beauty over longevity though, thus the Golden Winter is best dried or made into cider. Atlas correspondents wrote in to add that the Golden Winter Pearmain stood up well to rain but could fall victim to moths and geese.plain2022-07-12T14:48:19-04:001800 - 1906Atlas plodov (1906) vypusk 1, no. 1Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12022-06-30T11:37:44-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Renet Champagne apple5Arrived in Crimea after the siege of Sevastopol. The Tatars were struck by the white color of the fruit and gave it the name by which it is known on the market: Renet Bumazhnii, or the "Paper Renet." Lasts and travels well.plain2022-07-12T14:51:36-04:001855 - 1906Atlas plodov (1906) vyp. 2, no. 26Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12022-07-05T11:44:14-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Kandil Sinap apple4Native to Crimea and limited to Crimea. In Tatar, "kandil" means (oil) lamp. The apple earned the name because of its beauty and bright color, while the tree itself is large, expansive, and well-structured. Suitable for any purpose (and comparable in quality and significance to the Sary Sinap) but its (relatively high) price suggests a table fruit.plain2022-07-12T14:01:20-04:001600 - 1906Atlas plodov (1906) vyp. 3, no. 63Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12022-07-05T11:08:23-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Simirenko apple4In Russia the apple comes from the gardens of the sugar merchant and gardener Platon Fyodorovich Simirenko, who brought it in from Belgium. It has received increased attention among cultivators since 1887 and can be found in the provinces of Kiev, Poltava, Kharkov, Kherson, Podolsk, Chernigov, and in Crimea. Despite its many charms, explain the editors, it has not taken the market by storm because it is largely unknown and because there is another, well-established, green apple in Crimea.plain2022-07-12T14:45:13-04:001750 - 1906Atlas plodov (1906) vyp. 4, no. 76Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12022-06-30T11:54:28-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Orleans Renet apple4The Reinette d'Orleans ripened in November (earlier in Crimea) and lasted several months after harvest. A first-class table apple - the most flavorful and aromatic of all renets - that fetched good prices. The Moscow markets relied on fruit from Bahcesaray, Karasubazar, and Simferopol, with the best fruit coming, as it so often did, from the Kacha River orchards. Kapustin describes it as "a dessert apple of highest quality that will never go out of fashion."plain2022-07-12T14:46:20-04:001760 - 1906Atlas plodov (1906) vyp. 2, no. 29Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12022-06-30T11:43:37-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Canadian Renet apple4Came to Canada from Normandy and traveled back to Europe. Widespread in southwestern Russia, Crimea, and the Caucasus; harvested in October but ripens in December. If picked too early, the fruit wrinkles and the pulp goes soft. A "wonderful apple for dessert and for drying."plain2022-07-12T14:52:56-04:001865 - 1906Atlas plodov (1906) vyp. 2, no. 28Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12022-07-05T10:39:00-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Short-Stemmed Queen apple4Korolevskaya Korotkonozhka is an ancient apple from Holland attested in 1613. It grows throughout the Russian south and the Kingdom of Poland. In Crimea the harvest is in September. The fruit keeps well through spring. "An excellent and tasty table fruit" but it is grown only by enthusiasts in Crimea to date..plain2022-07-12T14:53:47-04:001870 - 1906Atlas plodov (1906) vyp. 4, no. 80Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12022-06-30T12:05:20-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Krasotsvet apple4Rare in Crimea, far more prevalent in the Caucasus, where it was introduced from America in the 1870s. The Crimean fruit is harvested in early September; it ripens a month later.plain2022-07-12T14:56:40-04:001880 - 1906Atlas plodov (1906) vyp. 2, no. 35Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12022-06-30T11:59:51-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5White Rosemary apple4A Tyrolian apple that recently arrived in Crimea. It holds its excellent flavor until spring, though it is tastiest in December. It travels well and is a top shelf table fruit. White Rosemaries from Tyrol fetch 20 rubles per pood; those from Crimea fetch 8 rubles per pood.plain2022-07-12T14:58:30-04:001880 - 1906Atlas plodov (1906) vyp. 2, no. 34Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12022-06-30T10:50:23-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Red Winter Calville apple3Widespread in Crimea, Bessarabia, and Podolia because of it "good, aromatic flavor." A tasty table apple.plain2022-07-05T09:37:11-04:00Atlas plodov (1906) vyp. 1, no. 16Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12022-07-05T11:30:17-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5English Renet apple3Spread quickly through the orchards of the Crimean river valleys. Among the best winter apples of the region. The trees grow large and there are some that are now 70 years old and still producing fruit.plain2022-07-12T14:49:18-04:001820 - 1906Atlas plodov (1906) vyp. 3, no. 61Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5